Nine Months!!!

This is what pictures look like when you try to get an active nine month old to cooperate!  Lincoln is getting more active by the minute!  He is still a sweet and happy baby and we love him more every day!

Here's what he can do at NINE months:

-army crawls everywhere!

-climb up a couple of stairs

-pull up on everything...and start to cruise too!

-say mama and blah-blah...he doesn't know what he's saying, of course

-eat any kind of food!

-use a sippy cup

-laugh at his brother and sister!

A few comparison pics

Carson at 9 months

Brynlee at 9 months

i hate taking family pictures...but I LOVE these!!!!

When I think of taking family pictures, I just cringe!  I don't know why, it's just so difficult to do with children...let alone three of them!  But I knew I had to have my awesome friend Jen take some and put my worries aside.  And boy am I glad I did!  She helped me pick out our outfits and accessories and my other friend Jessica did my hair (and plucked my eyebrows for the first time ever!).  Jen NAILED it!!!  I couldn't be happier with our photos!  She is so layed back to work with and great with the kiddos!  So, if you come over to my house and the walls are plastered with photos of my family it's because I'm SOOO excited about them and can't wait to show them off!!!  If you live in VA and need a photographer, check out Jen!  Just look how great these are!

We love Hershey Park!!!

We had another awesome time at our annual trip to Hershey Park!  Unfortunately this year, nobody could come with us.  But, we still had a blast!!  The kids love Hershey Park and so do we!!! 

Brynlee turns FOUR!

Our Brynlee girl is FOUR today!!!  I can't hardly believe it's been four years since she joined our family.  She is one spunky little girl and I just love her!  Here are a few things that I think describe my Brynlee-girl.

*Super spunky and sassy.

*Also super sweet.

*Tall (she's usually the tallest in her classes)

*loves school

*loves to make up her own songs to sing

*great big sister to Lincoln

*loves her big brother

*thinks she's the boss

*makes friends easily

*loves to cuddle with mommy

*let's me do her hair in cute hairstyles

*very independent

*loves to dance

We had a fun birthday party for Bryn with lots of friends.  She wanted a princess-bakugan-scientist party.  We just had a party with fun games and she loved it!  

 Brynlee in the pretty dress Grandma Loveridge made for her!

We love you Brynlee!!!  Happy Birthday sweet girl!!!

Go Nats!!

Dan got free tickets from work to a Washington Nationals game, so he took Carson!  They had a blast!

Ocho Meses!

Little Man is eight months today...wowsers!!!!  He is such a happy and sweet addition to our family!  Here are some fun facts about Lincoln at eight months old:

*can get anywhere he wants with his efficient army crawl.

*starting to stand up on things

*loves just about all food!  

*NO teeth yet!

*sleeps great at night!

*loves sweets

*snuggles

*smiles and flirts with anyone he sees!

*takes a bath in the big bath now that he can sit up well.  He loves bath time now!
*has brown hair and hazel (?) eyes?  What color is hazel anyways? 

And a few pics of the other kids at 8 months!

Carson

Brynlee

Fly Spies

We've had a lot of flies in our house this summer.  Good thing I have these "fly spies" to find them for me!  These funny kids came up with this all on their own!